Limestone Fireplace Mantel

A new limestone fireplace mantel whose header carries an unusual relief: an open rose at the center, flanked by two coiled serpents, an old heraldic device that gives the piece a story before anything is set on the shelf. The legs are fluted corbels that run down into heavy volute scrolls at the base, and the grooves catch whatever light the room offers. The stone is pale sand with warm honey tones, with natural pitting and small variations across the face.

It measures 74 inches wide, 13 inches deep and 59 3/4 inches high, with an opening 50 inches wide and 44 1/2 inches high. The stone is new, selected from the European workshop that supplies our new French mantels, and the profile can be ordered to a custom opening if this size does not suit the firebox. At 13 inches deep the shelf holds books and candlesticks without crowding the room.

This is a mantel for a study or a long lounge, a collector's gallery, or a dining room with dark walls and a reclaimed timber ceiling; it also sits well over a limestone floor laid in a Versailles pattern. The limestone fireplace mantel is in Marina Del Rey; call for an appointment, or we will send more photographs and a quote.